Discouraged - NEED ADVICE - 23 days out

[Jhconnection 36]

I was sleeved on June 10th and lost 14 pounds in the first 8 days. Have only lost 3 more pounds since. I just don't get how I can only lose 3 pounds in 2 weeks this early out. I also weighed 339 at surgery, 322 now. As someone who needs to lose well over 100 pounds I feel so confused and aggravated! I feel like I'm broken and I'm not going to lose anymore weight. I just don't understand....

[DonRodolfo 1,416]

I was sleeved on June 10th and lost 14 pounds in the first 8 days. Have only lost 3 more pounds since. I just don't get how I can only lose 3 pounds in 2 weeks this early out. I also weighed 339 at surgery, 322 now. As someone who needs to lose well over 100 pounds I feel so confused and aggravated! I feel like I'm broken and I'm not going to lose anymore weight. I just don't understand....

Relax, do what the NUT and surgeon told you to do and the weight will come off. There's no way some weight can't come off.

[NtvTxn 1,262]

I was sleeved on June 10th and lost 14 pounds in the first 8 days. Have only lost 3 more pounds since. I just don't get how I can only lose 3 pounds in 2 weeks this early out. I also weighed 339 at surgery, 322 now. As someone who needs to lose well over 100 pounds I feel so confused and aggravated! I feel like I'm broken and I'm not going to lose anymore weight. I just don't understand....

June 10th - a GREAT day, my three year anniversary!!! Congrats to you and welcome to the loser's side!! You are fine, I lost 17 lbs my first month, I never lost that much again in one month. I'm not sure if I lost 10 lb in a month after that first time. It's ok, I did EVERYTHING I was suppose to do, and nothing I shouldn't. I knew I'd lose, and I did. I lost 23 lbs prior to surgery and the rest in the six months following. I reached MY goal in Dec 2010 with a total loss of 85 lbs. You will be shocked at what you're going to be experiencing a year from now, I promise you!!! It's a wild, wild ride, hold on and enjoy every single part of it......wait till you can see your collar bone, then your hip bones. YES, we do have hip bones!!!! Yay!!! Wait till your clothes are practically falling off of you. Wait until shopping is FUN!!!! Go walk the mall and window shop, get a feel for your "style" - it will be totally different than it is now!!! Wait until someone says you are tiny, small....even skinny!!! It is interesting to meet people who didn't know the "old" you and they comment on how small you are......the first time I looked behind me to see if this sales lady was speaking to someone else!!! I'm serious!!! The fat girl inside me giggled!!! This is fun.....it's all new. It's going to happen. I weigh every single morning, without fail. If I'm at home, I weigh. No way will I let five pounds sneak up on me, and I KNOW for a fact that I can gain five pounds in a week. It's happened to me all of my adult life!! I pay close attention to what is going on. The scale is part of my "dashboard", I count on it, my food scale and my fitness pal to keep everything in check....just like the dashboard in my truck lets me know what's going on under the hood!! See what I mean??!!! Take this time to make changes, make some of these things your new normal.....as natural to you as breathing, that's what I did!!! Good luck, you're going to do great!

[becogolfer 68]

Hang in there. Do what your nut and sugeon says and you will do great. Try to do what your told and don't obsess over the scale.< /p>

[Jhconnection 36]

June 10th - a GREAT day' date=' my three year anniversary!!! Congrats to you and welcome to the loser's side!! You are fine, I lost 17 lbs my first month, I never lost that much again in one month. I'm not sure if I lost 10 lb in a month after that first time. It's ok, I did EVERYTHING I was suppose to do, and nothing I shouldn't. I knew I'd lose, and I did. I lost 23 lbs prior to surgery and the rest in the six months following. I reached MY goal in Dec 2010 with a total loss of 85 lbs. You will be shocked at what you're going to be experiencing a year from now, I promise you!!! It's a wild, wild ride, hold on and enjoy every single part of it......wait till you can see your collar bone, then your hip bones. YES, we do have hip bones!!!! Yay!!! Wait till your clothes are practically falling off of you. Wait until shopping is FUN!!!! Go walk the mall and window shop, get a feel for your "style" - it will be totally different than it is now!!! Wait until someone says you are tiny, small....even skinny!!! It is interesting to meet people who didn't know the "old" you and they comment on how small you are......the first time I looked behind me to see if this sales lady was speaking to someone else!!! I'm serious!!! The fat girl inside me giggled!!! This is fun.....it's all new. It's going to happen. I weigh every single morning, without fail. If I'm at home, I weigh. No way will I let five pounds sneak up on me, and I KNOW for a fact that I can gain five pounds in a week. It's happened to me all of my adult life!! I pay close attention to what is going on. The scale is part of my "dashboard", I count on it, my food scale and my fitness pal to keep everything in check....just like the dashboard in my truck lets me know what's going on under the hood!! See what I mean??!!! Take this time to make changes, make some of these things your new normal.....as natural to you as breathing, that's what I did!!! Good luck, you're going to do great![/quote']

Thank you so so much. This brought me tears, ok sobs, and is exactly what I needed to hear. Thank you for taking the time to type that out and uplift me. You did an amazing job, I hope to be as successful. :-)

[Jhconnection 36]

Hang in there. Do what your nut and sugeon says and you will do great. Try to do what your told and don't obsess over the scale.

I only weigh myself every 5-7 days so I don't obsess, that's why it's so heartbreaking when I don't lose anything after that amount of time.

[ladylaura 77]

I was sleeved the same day as you and I'm just down 19 lbs LOL

[melissa130 135]

The weight will come off. Any pound you lose in a month should be celebrated. You didn't gain and you are on the right path. I really stuck to drinking a lot of Water and my Protein Shakes the first several weeks and the scale seemed to speed downward. As soon as I added more food to my diet the weight loss really slowed. Which is ok. As long as I don't gain -I am happy. Hang in there. And please find somebody in your area that you can talk to. Don't underestimate the power of a good psychologist, behavior specialist, life coach, or support group to help you get through these times when you get upset about the process.You are ok and you will be thin and healthy very soon.

[Jhconnection 36]

I was sleeved the same day as you and I'm just down 19 lbs LOL

You got 2 pounds on me! Lol. :-)

[Jhconnection 36]

The weight will come off. Any pound you lose in a month should be celebrated. You didn't gain and you are on the right path. I really stuck to drinking a lot of Water and my Protein shakes the first several weeks and the scale seemed to speed downward. As soon as I added more food to my diet the weight loss really slowed. Which is ok. As long as I don't gain -I am happy. Hang in there. And please find somebody in your area that you can talk to. Don't underestimate the power of a good psychologist' date=' behavior specialist, life coach, or support group to help you get through these times when you get upset about the process.You are ok and you will be thin and healthy very soon. <img src='http://www.bariatricpal.com/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />[/quote']

I do need to up my Water, that would help a lot. I have a great counselor but I haven't seen her since surgery. Ill get over this, I am just having a hard time today I guess. I'm not like this everyday, I try and Celebrate the 17 lbs I have lost.